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William CO'~J'~J~' ~ ~
PO Rux 1 r"d'f"''~~~~ HAWAII
Honokaa, Iiawaii 90727
'fo the A1r~mhen of the County Council.
Dear Fr~nnds,
We urge you to OPPOSE ttny funding for a nuclear irradiahon plant. on our island.
A 199A Health Fw:~~~ Survey- repnrterl that HZ%~ of rnnr:umarc »re concerned about &,nd
uradiatiun huge supermarket chains have bowed to public pressure and rPfu»ed to carry
irradiated food.
Vindicator, the nation's first &x>d irradialinn tar•dity has lint $5,000,000 On in its four years
of operation, publicly blaming its financial failure on the lack of market for irradiated
products. The irradiation facilities that do exist do not have a good safety record. If you
wish w learn more about. this issue, contact Frwd and Water, Inc RR1 Box OSD, Walden,
Vermont O;~f17;i or 1-800-EAT SAFE or 80'1.53-:1,'100.
Please upposr hringmg this tainted and pnisnnouv industry to air island. There will be
hazardous ~enstc to dispose of, an embarrassment for tourism. and t.hr. ruining of the
reputation of healthful Hawaiian fonds.
lrrad~ation kills the living enzymes in fruit, which ib what our bodies crave. [t does not
destrv}' come of the dangerous bacteria, like salmonella, Nu one knows what eating
irradiated frx,d over a period of years will do to the human body. Thera have been no long
term studir.s.
PIRAFP. Yend Lhc atte(•hnd Aft.lele5
Sincerely.
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get. pate sPR 2 4 1997
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wru per billion. Then u more Dentine in
a~ Trays of loud art loaded into tome nonirradieted dairy prodpcu grid
Thv Ato1111e ~ vertlcst wllet cerrtere produce chm in upped mest. %ttioni
agrees thst the amounu of known am•
Cafeteria The carriers pees Nrougn s pounds might be too small to worry about.
2 room where racks of My concern," he uye, "u that wt do not
110WM cobalt~0 have lien raised from know the full lietof what'sproduesd.Ifyou
MgMI~U00 F~Clllty a pool of water. Gamma rays don't know that, how c(n yoY say the tan•
~t scatted by Ne cobalt WII ttr risk i. lea than the level of con«rn?"
paNogsee aueh u wlmone0a. But the FDA does uy that. The agency
as'aeD a lw~e and tungua on approved irradutlon for Wlu and vegata-
aailL maturaWn b[w in 1988, pork in l9gS,whiu petateM in
19ti1, whet and what flour ie 198$. [n
1960 the agency concluded that, based on
Uleoreticsl analysis, the amount' of rldiv
lyric produce likely w ba praduaad Dy tap
pmg (coil with (raper than 700.000 cads
(about 10 million cheat X-rays' War[h) WL
w small that the food need net M enbjsR W
standard taaicity coating '"1'0 de lnWal
(eedingteeu would be a wwuottime;'saya
Pauli. The agency did review Nl existing
studies, It eliminated all but flw for poor
ouallty 7rvoofthe Ave used ndution deeu
lower than the FDA appmed. A thW
found that anlmau fed the upped f00d tat
weight and miearrted, probably dtu to the
- dwtrvctionotWtaonln$infly(cod.
FOOA a pwple doa•t .ant ro tress the FDA,
_ - can't tMy stay away from irraduted 8rod?
¦ ¦ Not noer.rfly. Irnadu4d while facile
D~sh~ng Up Gamma Rays moat be labeled But then u nv ouch r.
eWnment for pnpand or patk.ged foetL
flat contain Irradiated ingredlenG, or (or
food veld In rwuuranu or schwb.
Are the benefits of irradiated food worth the risk? Allowln; Inadiatlen latilltiw •
to mWtlply like rnarigoldeauld oleo power .
threat m worWn and the Dubuc. Rldioar
tivitY Can teal[. AlthoughtM galpma•eml4
Ung cobalt u ehulded by water, u at tM
VindiaWr PWtt (diagram), an atddegt
octon did it, utilities did it, w why rsction [hat happens when you combine can expwe worWn u the tinarvlts4lg
Dshouldn't food technologieu follow the word'food'with flu word'radiatien'," and pewibly lethal rsye.Inl9gg,atalleCa-
thesirenofnuclearpower?For Yean urifood•wfety professor Mark Tamplin of fur,Oa, plant thltlmduud medkal s4p•
they've dwted, sprayed end added to food the Uniwnity afFbride. plies, wme etwl rode corroded, eapwlttg
more chemicab than Algh whoelen memo In left. she oppeldon includes not just employswu nd4tion end turning gA,000
riu for fine4, but now the toad industry u anti•nuke knob, but cradenusled xien• gallons of water "hot." Tranaporttag m
going nuclear. Thu weak, Vindicator of tau. WMogamma nye,emlttedDY radio ba1t80 m nplaa uaed•up gamml wares
Florida,Inc., pleruwehipto¦NorthMUmi acthro eebalt-0D, rap (cod, they destroy preeenu coon opponunitiw for leeidenu.
Beach grocery 1,000 pfnu of ttrawberries ~ some nutrients, wpeeially vitamins A, C, li Toilet', 90 Fic0itJw use gatama eourow W
tMthsve Dean rapped withenoughgemrtu ~ and attain D's. notes Dr. Dooald Louria of eurillse medial epuipment. tampode and
ranbkillabntander wvenltimw over the New Jersey Medial$Chool. ButtM big sanitary napkiru; if foadimd'utieo takes
they will be the Ent irradiated food, apart ton«rn lotuses on wMt the food gairu, hold, the number o! push pWy aed the ,
from s few sparks o! apices in packaged "Gamma rays tin Dru4 every Memlrel amount at oobalt~Q UpPing along tM na•
groans. ever veld in the United $fates. bond (In • food's yroteine, hu and echo- bon's highways, will shoot up, ¦
The berries won't glees in the dark- hydnteeJ with gusts," says biophyskiet [n the end, the rule nmain Ilnkaewn, ~
irredietion does not make food radioar Richard Piaioni, who works for Food d and perhaps urlknowaDle.Who, [Den, bane
five-but they haw already lit s storm of Water. The libentad molecules an trw w du from atomic food? Poultry ptoduan ~
protest Food A Waur, lac., In advocacy recombine with new mats like the newly might, sinatheir chicketuwould ooboger
group (ormed In 1986 to 5ght food inadia- diwroed at • miner. "Bo the number of be smothered in salnwnella. Yet rolling In ,
lion, hualready run lek?naprlaonenads chemical outcome 4 moro or law astro• nuclear uohnology, other than taco gov
warning [tut the proaee praduas foods nomiW," uye Plocbrli. "No one pretends ernment inepectlon and 4retandalda ~
flat "m' ht kill ou," and i[ ppene" Mat of the u like nu ¦
K Y Ptamisw w to undentaad wMc h. klrW a fat'e' r~apwially
Mwdrovwof protsun attM Miamigro newly formed campounda Dave not been ~ oleos Dropsr cooking kllla [node any i
«ry thu week. VindiuWr president Sam identlflsd, 1st alone tested for baicitY, way. Groan might apperocing sapped ~
Whitney nluhw t1u fight. He bouu that and so nay or meyhot be dangerous. But food) It would reduce lave from s y
hehucuaWmen from Rhode island to Mitr other moleeulw found In upped food en Enenpnneun suthu Whltaey, ofooune, -
nupoluclamorirtg(vrinadiatsdberrie~- notaaaetlyhslthy.Theylncludearoino- aundtoDroBtnkely.ButmaybehotQUlte y
wnhrhicken andmwt. vspteDlw and nth- genic tortnaldehyde tin Irradiated r4rchl yet. Maine. New York and Nw Jerwy w
n produ« Wady w follow the lrailbluing and bsnwne (mwU, mutagenic peroxides prohibit the ale of ~rraduted feed; HJ,
!roll inw the atomic age. The appeal? Irra- lDlant tJrwl anp formk old (sucrow). He W, Quaker Oau, RaJaba Parini. k1o
elution IuIV salmotulla, whkh taints half PropooaaNrawn: sun. butch. quann. Donald's, CawpbellY and flu rep 18 poW
(Ile ChltiuN said in the UrliW Slats. It Iles lie w e¦all w (0 Ds inligrlidcant. try produoees haw all vowed not to roll
kills Doge and fungus on (ruin and vegeu- George Pauli of the U.& Food lad Drug irradiated food or five trrldilted tn{redi•
Dlw, and eatande shel(llG w that product Adminlstntlon wUmatw tMt al! each wu, t.rgety bauw they fear the wrath
won't spoil en rouu from the South to the "radlolytkproducu"W41 no coon than 90 of gammaphoblc eotuumen. Thla wwkY
snow bolt Anyoasoppasieg each amiracle pare qr million in imdiafad food. Indi- stnwltrriw wUlMaemall tact ofxhalher
prow mart be eaperlencing "s knea•jsrk vidual tOmpoundl ere prawns st lewu of people an ready W tit st the atomic aff-
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PHONE 6D9-'1'15-966'1 JRN-LEE MUSIC 8 WEISS ENTERPRISES~INC. 360 P03
USA TODAY • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. "92
~.isks of radiation: Too m~.ny
questions about food safe
Michael Colby and
Samuel Epateln sat j1~~ijatjpn pf (+ppd
we should halt the Food Navels on a conveyor bolt bstvroon tr,tdt Concrete wallo to a ch+mp.r wnsrs it Is '
rush to Irradiate eavard to ma ra from a ndlatbn source. The proGea is Intended to kJll inasi:c+,
our food. wry n,tl ""sxt.nd aK:INJf. 01 M. rood.
raw rr wnwcs ~~m•~
?MOSt rWledon paesett thrbu9h the food
The rutlon's stet Irradiated without bslnp absoA~ed.
food, freak halt and veaeta• ? irtadletlon dos not make rood redbactive. Fad DvrD?M
blew, b noon w Fu on aUe ate pN
small Mlaml supermarket. ? inedlaaon can saes Mvor, UxNre and. co MNepNabNe Oros and
toad way empty wltb eOfM ernen6 nuMent content o1 food. n~wctr9:
maW w doses of Itxdslaa rsdle- ~
tins (100,000 [ads, rou4hl a Ferry ne ~
1O ~ ed~~bd~ bnqiIecm and
eQWvaleat to 30 mWloD tt~ ^~or0an
tai X-e~ya) at a hv>te txibalt-00 Olo`Nnp rods d _ lama
fadUty, Vlpolt'ator 71nt, whteb 80 vwt ~onupl pareeree
plot to trot tto0 mtltlon rone cWeee
of food a year for attloawlds ~ tFrra~dlatlornr t
d+irgWe
,axle. Poultry ConbW
Food IrttlWtatlm wn the ~0
OnlnchUd of the Atomic Eger y„r
pp'~ Cemmlwloa's afford In the 1 Food N ~
YJemhower admlNrtratlon to loaded on whfta poMae Inttibl sprout
end pttctloal uses !or the Food ~wyot
Of nullaactlw avasta from nu• VVtrr1. wheat dour Control Ineecb
clear wMpOtta
Atomic EMrp of Ctaads
(NOtdlod l.td.), w11h 10 vlrlutl tows: rood.nd atop AtrNNUnem, Card en ed«,o..~a Maw sY,>.n lNoNS~. ueAT00J1r
monopoly oa cobtlt.80 sad
with t>VO>u backltlt hom the
IAternttloMl c Snerp thuseawtespolla{s•h'eefeod, UlxUtemsdiealsuppUesbylrre- amount or cancer-etualaa
Apltey, bopM to opuate a a major tttraotlon to the par. dlatloa. eheadak and lq sutrtlortloa
chain of U.A plant) wltli U8. tr v~yon o! nw~aU ptoduta , lrradtatlaa aiw reduce lev. by rubper n r paodecda
ndiatlon wmpaNsa ~Id eettiatNntloed pantry, eb d ~antlal nuaienn In bsaee oe le" sonar
Industry sad the Foal arld apwewr, o0ltprtd'ated ex• rood, aepectally vttamlm A, G riot
pptryy~~Admtnlwsyon {UWt'that trade br thew pt+oducb haw 6 sad the 8 complex. Cooldioe Cancer rates have now
Imd4ted Mod hts bees mot oevar beat OMpd rot soar Irradlatsd food nduae thew reached epidamlc proportltxu,
tested and ~ absolutely fed otl1K delayed tdwna ef• levels stlU further. atrlWaaaos la thrps and kWlna
rscU. The Ind?aCy telutxaatly ad- tar la Mar, with !00,000 deaqu
Iroewwr Naw York, New The wardw aced rot weh mJta thU taut wtle~ that the late year.
Jerwy sad INalae bow ptohltr Rudlw b forma emOdaalrea proDlam staid be takes are of Former nee b the satire
tlr sale and dlaa~tbutlae of by nunrrous nporb of chron. by vltamta ~D~1em~al aortas or axer. baetdae~
~
Irradltted food, d haw for Ic tdadc tlfects In lawmltlw la spite ar t5b subeOarlai ev haatlh eQacct. ha,illy
slRt ~dvernmMta, laciudia` . Wtdle on fast adaWs fed no- Ideas, the Food sad oral Ad• ttNed by the narrow eooAOaatc
Aarrtuny, Danmark Bwedaa extracted whole Irradiated adnlstratloa aoveevw food fr WtersRetasmWlod~?'~wP~
AuKralfa and New ZM4tld. food. eadladm to lfll. Dated by a ei~ty Da+~
CW:ts of safety aro uaprow Thew hulude ntproduetlve The PaA bawd Ira dedslon tedual bureaycraey.
en at b.at. darnaYe In radeala and ehra oa aw 4~estdoable a alkaed•
Rlyt-tnet~ Irtadlatlon pro maonftl dattlaN In rodMa ty aepww esd tad oo Chao- Mrdwd CoibY le natlond d!•
duo.a complex ahem(Ca1 monkey~aad dfan. Mtlnl s~stw oa coast neto?Wr'oodundu'atrLrc•
chanA In rood with me rot dts food irrsdlr rbk wWcb wr eWmw to be In xaw Ybrk Dr. Samuel s.
matlon of poorly eharaetlnrad tlon ptleM wt10W occuppaatltrnal Ipgot rod •atxyppbls." Et+ata6t 4 pro(eaeor of oxupo-
radlolytle udl, laeiudlty end savlroamsntal baaarda 'fi posttloa h amgstent tonal and env ronmeatat
beneens, or{anle psroxldes dw to tM traartort and haft wlm the adAflOJsh'ttloati,.vo " ~ U1° "s'+tl'y' 01
and r,rbenyls. dWy of ndfoaebw Rlatarlale• atloa of ma hw, t4inda Mtdtcnl , Chkr-
Radlolytlc Droducd kill irtr AcctdeaU have aintdy whisk btaaad the d~ eo, std ouYwr o The Potltlo
ter4, molds tad IttvN and twsn reported In hcllltles star oontaaUrrtloa of Mod wlm aW' of Caatxr•
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